Dalmanutha or Dalmanoutha ( Greek : Δαλμανουθά ) is the unknown destination of Jesus on the shores of the Sea of Gallilee after he fed the four thousand, as recorded in Mark's gospel ( Mark 8:10 ). It is sometimes believed to be in the vicinity of Magdala , the alleged hometown of Mary Magdalene , since the parallel passage in Matthew's gospel , Matthew 15:39 , refers instead to "Magadan", which has been taken to be a variant form of "Magdala".
5-457: In 2013, Ken Dark reported finding a possible location of Dalmanutha in the Ginosar Plain, placing the finding place of the famous 2000-years-old fishing boat right on the stretch of lakeshore belonging to this now ruined ancient town. That there was ever a town called Dalmanutha is disputed by biblical scholar Joel L. Watts. He maintains that "Dalmanutha" is a cue to Mark's readers regarding
10-501: The Roman and Byzantine Middle East, on the archaeology of religion (especially early Christian archaeology), archaeological theory and methods, and on the relationship between the study of the past and contemporary global political, cultural and economic issues. He received a BA in archaeology from the University of York in 1982 and after taking his PhD in archaeology and history at
15-680: The University of Cambridge taught at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Reading. Since 2001 he has been Director of the Research Centre for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies at the University of Reading and, since 1996, Chair of the Late Antiquity Research Group. He holds honorary professorships from several European and American universities, has written numerous books and academic articles and has directed and co-directed many excavations and survey projects, both in Britain and
20-695: The Middle East including in Istanbul ( Turkey ) – where since 2004 he has co-directed a new archaeological study of the famous Byzantine church of Hagia Sophia and its environs – and in and around Nazareth ( Israel ). He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London , the Royal Historical Society , and the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland , and a member of
25-622: The battle around Magdala during the Jewish Revolt . This geography of Israel article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Christianity -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ken Dark Kenneth Rainsbury Dark FSA (born in Brixton , London in 1961) is a British archaeologist who works on the 1st millennium AD in Europe (including Roman and immediately post-Roman Britain) and
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